Action in Social Structures: New Research on Social Exchange Networks

社会结构中的行动：社会交换网络的新研究

• 批准号: 9223799
• 负责人: David Willer
• 金额: $ 5.51万
• 依托单位: University of South Carolina at Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-01-15 至 1994-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9223799&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Action; Social; Structures; New; Research

This is a study of the effect of power differentials in exchanges, the influence of different social network structures, and alternative strategies of interaction. The first of two phases will use computer simulations to extend Network Exchange Theory to effects of different strategic approaches by actors. A second part of the research will use laboratory experiments on exchange between human beings to explore these issues in social networks chosen to permit comparative tests of competing theories. This study is important for two reasons. First, it significantly extends existing research on power in social exchange, which has considerable application in several fields of social science. Second, it is an innovative combination of two distinctive approaches, computer simulation and laboratory social psychology.

这是一项研究权力差异对交换的影响，不同社会网络结构的影响，以及互动的替代策略。两个阶段中的第一个阶段将使用计算机模拟将网络交换理论扩展到行动者不同战略方法的影响。研究的第二部分将使用实验室实验来研究人类之间的交流，在社会网络中探索这些问题，以允许对竞争理论进行比较测试。这项研究之所以重要，有两个原因。首先，它极大地扩展了已有的关于社会交换中的权力的研究，在社会科学的多个领域都有相当大的应用。其次，它是计算机模拟和实验室社会心理学两种独特方法的创新结合。